Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exhibitions
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Official Catalogue
Author: Authors and Subjects
Author: Official Illustrated Catalogue
Author: Weltausstellung (1862, London)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States
Author: The Queen Catalogues
Author: Publisher: Norman Publishing
ISBN: 9780930405304
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy
Author: Brian GeePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317133293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Francis Watkins was an eminent figure in his field of mathematical and optical instrument making in mid-eighteenth century London. Working from original documents, Brian Gee has uncovered the life and times of an optical instrument maker, who - at first glance - was not among the most prominent in his field. In fact, because Francis Watkins came from a landed background, the diversification of his assets enabled him to weather particular business storms - discussed in this book - where colleagues without such an economic cushion, were pushed into bankruptcy or forced to emigrate. He played an important role in one of the most significant legal cases to touch this profession, namely the patenting of the achromatic lens in telescopes. The book explains Watkins's origins, and how and why he was drawn into partnership with the famous Dollond firm, who at that point were Huguenot incomers. The patent for the achromatic telescope has never been satisfactorily explained in the literature, and the author has gone back to the original legal documents, never before consulted. He teases out the problems, lays out the evidence, and comes to some interesting new conclusions, showing the Dollonds as hard-headed and ruthless businessmen, ultimately extremely successful. The latter part of the book accounts for the successors of Francis Watkins, and their decline after over a century of successful business in central London.
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army
Author: Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Catalogue of the British Section
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris
Languages : en
Pages : 1492
Book Description
Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867. Catalogue of the British Section
Author: Great BritainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description